C:\>type test.pl printf "CR \\r \\%03o 0x%02x\n", ord("\r"), ord("\r"); printf "LF \\n \\%03o 0x%02x\n", ord("\n"), ord("\n"); print $^O, $/; print "\$/ length ", length $/, " is ", (unpack "H*", $/), "\n\n"; my $str = "str\015\012"; for( 1..2 ) { print "string '$str'\n"; print "length ", length $str, "\n"; chomp $str; print "string '$str'\n"; print "length ", length $str, "\n\n"; } C:\>test.pl CR \r \015 0x0d LF \n \012 0x0a MSWin32 $/ length 1 is 0a string 'str ' length 5 'tring 'str length 4 'tring 'str length 4 'tring 'str length 4 C:\>